AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Intel Core i9 12900

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F with 8 cores 4.1GHz and Intel Core i9 12900 with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Intel Core i9 12900 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

2711

Intel Core i9 12900

2727

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F +7%

14364

Intel Core i9 12900

13396

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

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Intel Core i9 12900

General Parameters

Apr 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

Phoenix

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AMD Socket AM5

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket AM5

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

178 mm²

Die Size

215 mm²

FC-LGA1718

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1800 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

41.0

Multiplier

24.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

16 MB

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

256 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

AI Accelerator

AMD Ryzen™ AI

NPU

-

16 TOPS

Theoretical performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Official Website

-

4

PCIe Version

5

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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